Surgical appliance



July 23, 1929- H. M. YOUNG l-,72l558l SURGICAL APPLIANCE Filed Jan. 30, 1928 ATTORNEY Patented July 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES HARRY M. YOUNG, OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

Application fried January 30, 1928.

This invention relates generally to surgical appliances.

It is wcll recognized today Vthat the iiesh of a capon is the juiciest, sweetest, most tender, and perhaps the most nutritious of any known meat. Further, capons grow to a larger size than the ordinary male fowl or rooster and command higher market prices. As a result, caponizing is being practiced on an increasingly large extent in many sections of the country, and my present invention has for its chief object the provision of a surgical appliance that is especially adapted for facilitating the act of Caponizing.

My invention has, as an additional object, the provision of an appliance for the purpose stated which is of simple, inexpensive structure, which is easily and conveniently usable, and which e'liicient and satisfactory in the performance of its intended functions.

And with the'above and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter describe-.1 and pointed out in the claims.

lu the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of a caponizing surgical appliance embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the appliance; and

Figures 3, Il, and 5 are detail sectional views taken, respectively, on the lines 3-3, /l-----1.y and 5 5, Figure 1.

Referring` now more in detail and by reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my ininvention, the appliance includes a preferably oblong-rectangular plate or table A constructed of wood or other suitable material and adapted for support, preferably detachably for convenient portability, upon a standard B, as shown. Suitably iixed to, and upstanding from' the opposite ends of, table A, are brackets 1, 1, formed upon their upper or free ends with registering grooves or recesses, as at 2, for purposes later appearing. Adjacent au end, table A is preferably provided with an opening, as at 3, to conveniently accommodate an instrumentcontaining vessel, not shown.

The fowl engaging or holding member of the appliance includes a body portion C constructed preferably of a suitably elongated Serial No. 250,536.

rigid metallic strip or har of circular section. At one end, strip C is preferably arcuately bent, as at 4, and extended at right angles, as at 5, and then further extended at right angles to provide an end-portion 6, which latter at its free end is suitably bent to provide a manipulating handle 7. At its opposite end, bar or strip C is arcuately bent, as at 8, extended obliquely inwardly, as at 9, again arcuately bent, as at 10, and then extended outwardly to provide an opposite end-portion 11 disposed in alignment with the opposite end-portion 6 and similarly formed with a manipulating handle 12.

Forming part of the fowl engaging or holding member of the appliance, is a legclamp D, which comprises a block 12 recessed and channeled, as at 13, to fit for slidablc adjustment on the body-member C, block 1Q having threaded therein at setscrew 14 for engagement with body C in retaining the block D and its associate parts in selected or adjusted location relatively to table A. And pivotcd. as at 15, 15', on block D, is a pair of cri-operating opposed jaws 1G, 16, respectively, formed upon their opposed inner faces with spaced complementary approximately semi-circular recesses 17 jointly or (3o-operatively providing openings to accommodate clamping engagement with the legs e of the particular fowl F being operated upon. At one end, the one jaw 1G is slotted, as at 1S, to receve a threaded bolt or the like 19 pivotally attached at one end, as at 20, to the other jaw 1G and adjustably carrying a wing-nut or the like 19 for detachably locking the jaws 16, 1G', adjustably together in clamping or holding engagement with the fowls legs, as illustrated in Figure 1.

Also forming part of the fowl engaging or holding member of the appliance, is a wing-clamp E, which similarly comprises a block 21 recessed and channeled, as at 22, to fit for slidable adjustment preferably on the arcuate part 10 of the body-member C, block 21 having likewise threaded therein a set-screw 23 for engagement with the bodymember C in retaining the block E and its associate parts in selected or adjusted location relatively to table A. And pivoted, as at 24, 24, on block E, is a pair of co-operating opposed jaws 25, 25', respectively, concavedly recessed upon their opposed inner faces, as at 26, for jointly or co-operatively providing an opening to accommodate the fowls wings w at the second joint thereof, as shown. Similarly, at one end, the one jaw 25 is slotted, as at 27, to receive a threaded bolt or the like Q8 pivotally attached at one end, as at 29, to the other jaw 25 and adjustably carrying a wing-nut or the like 28 for detachably locking the jaws 25, 25, together in clamping or holding engagement with the fowls wings, as illustrated; and suitably fixed at one end upon the outer faces of the jaws 25, 25, is a pair of opposed arcuate preferably somewhat yielding clampmembers or straps 30, 30', for holding engagement with the body of the fowl, also as illustrated in Figure l.

In use, the body-member@ is rested at its aligning extremities 6, ll, in the grooves 2 of the brackets l. The particular upper jaws now being swung to open position, as indicated in dot-and-dash lines in Figure l, the fowl F is disposed upon the table A and its legs e and wings rwfdisposed in the recesses 17 and 2G of the other aws. The respective pairs of jaws are now locked together, when the fowl is securely held and presented upon lthe table A for effecting with convenience and accuracy the desired operation, usually performed with instruments G. As th-e operation includes incisions from or upon both sides of the fowl, and the incision on one side being completed, the body-member C is readily engaged at its handles 7, 12and reversed. end for end, when the fowl, in a similar convenient manner, is held and presented fer the complet-ing incision.

The operation being performed and completed,the jaws 16, 16, and 25, 25', are disengaged, when the treated fowl may be easily removed without injury.

My new appliance thus enables the caponizing operation to be performed with coi1- venience and precision; it issimple, inexpensive, and durable in structure, easily usable, and ei'iicient in the performance of its intended functions.

I am aware that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new appliance may be made and substituted for those herein sho-wn and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A caponizing appliance including, in combination, a body-member, and means including pairs of opposed jaws disposed on "the body-member for holding-engagement with the legs and wings of the fowl being treated.

2. A caponizing appliance including, in combination, a body-member of rigid bar structure, and means including pairs of opposed jaws disposed for adjustment on the body-member for holding-engagement with the legs and wings of the fowl being treated.

3. A caponizing appliance including, in coml.)ination, a fowl engaging member including a. block, a pair of opposed jaws mounted on the block, one of said jaws being swingable relatively to the other, and means on the jaws for detachably locking the same together.

el.. A caponizing appliance including, in combination, a fowl engaging member including a block, a pair of opposed jaws mounted on the block, one of said jaws being swingable re atively to the other, means on the jaws for detachably locking the same t0- gether, and a pair of opposed body-engaging straps carried by the jaws.

A caponizing appliance including, in combination, a table, xed brackets upstanding from the table., and a fowl-holding member comprising a body portion adapted for restingremovable on said brackets.

G. A caponizing appliance including, in combination, a table, fixed recessed brackets upstanding from the table, and a fowlholding member comprising a body-portion having handle-extensions adapted for resting removably in the recesses of the brackets. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY M. YOUNG. 

